So you started your website and it already seemed
like a huge achievement if you are not a tech Savvy person but now you need to figure out about
all these WordPress plugins if you don't even know What are WordPress plugins and how to install
Wordpress plugins then this video is definitely For you i will show you the easiest ways
to install WordPress plugins on your site And if you stick with me until the end of
this video you will also find out what are The best must-have free and paid WordPress
plugins every blog should have this year Hi i'm Anastasia of anastasiablogger.com and on
this channel i share my experience building an Online business blogging and driving traffic from
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get notified when my new videos go live So what are wordpress plugins they're bits of
software that can be added to your site to extend Or even expand the functionality of wordpress
using plugins is one of the biggest advantages of Having a self-hosted website and not using a free
blog on wordpress.com i actually talked about all The limitations of a free site on wordpress.com
in my other video and if you want to check that Out i will give you a link in the top right
corner and in the description below this video Currently there are over 57 000 free and paid
wordpress plugins available for download from the WordPress.org plugin directory don't worry i won't
recommend you in this video only the paid plugins To make a few bucks on affiliate commissions most
of these must have plugins that i will recommend Here in this video have a free version and they
are the best each in its category but before we Move to the popular plugins let me show you the
easiest way to install wordpress plugins on your Site let me show you really quickly how i do it
on a new website i just installed wordpress on Bluehost hosting and if you want to see how to do
it really easy in this bluehost interface i have Another tutorial for this i'll give you a link
in the top right corner and in the description Below this video and now when you are inside
wordpress dashboard you can click on plugins And you will see this page on top of the page
you have the button add new when you click there It will open a page with some plugins that are
installed by default and then you can click on This search bar and search for any plugin that i
will mention in this video and then install it so I will start with yoast seo you can actually just
start typing the name of the plugin in most cases You will start seeing the results already from
there it doesn't have to be the full name and so This is the yoast seo plugin i will click install
now on this button now you can see that install Button has changed to activate button so now i'm
going to click on activate and here you go when The page refreshes you will see that yoast seo
plugin has been installed and it also will show up Over here on the left panel as a new plugin that
you can then go ahead and continue setting it up Now that you know how to install plugins you're
facing another very common issue beginners have It's the overwhelming burden of choosing the best
plugins and not even knowing what functionality
You need to add to your wordpress site in the
first place but don't worry i'm here to help you In this video so the first thing i recommend
you to install is a plugin for google seo Search engine optimization so when you start a
new website the idea is definitely to attract As many visitors as you can right and for this
you cannot go far without working on google seo And the most popular plugin that can help you
optimize your site for keywords is called yoast Seo i recommend using the free version because
it's more than enough for all of your needs and i Personally never use the paid version this plugin
is important for google seo on your site but it Can also help you verify your site on pinterest
and enable rich pins if you join my course you Will learn how to do this now the other seo plugin
that i can recommend is called rank math and it's Relatively new seo plugin that is currently 100
free while offering more features than yoast seo If you have an old website and switching
plugins can be quite a lot of trouble But if you're just starting a new site you
might want to go for rank math right away it Offers all the basic seo features that most of
the free plugins offer but you might prefer rent Math for a few additional features which most
other plugins would require a premium version I won't go into all the deals about this plugin
but here is what some of these features do First it's counting your internal and external
links second is suggesting internal links on Your site then it's also monitoring pages with 404
error on your site and also this plugin is doing Custom 302 or 301 redirect and some other features
for which you would have to pay using another seo Plugin and this one currently offers all these
premium features for free the second plugin you Need to install is for filtering comments it's
called anti-spam b it's a plugin that filters the Comments on your blog automatically and it puts
most of the spammy comments into the spam folder It's really useful if you have pre-moderation of
comments disabled as it filters out the majority Of spammy comments on your site the next plugin
to install is going to make your work a lot Easier and faster it's called duplicate post it
allows you to duplicate both pages and posts on Your site for example if you just created one
landing page and you want to reuse its design In another page this plugin allows you just to
easily duplicate the whole page the next plugin I want to mention here is for social sharing
buttons and for optimization for pinterest It's called grow by mediavine this plugin has
a free version but even the paid version is Actually really affordable and totally worth the
investment i don't get paid to tell you this and I don't have any affiliate links to this plugin i
just honestly think it's the best option you can Get and it comes with support from mediavine
company which is very responsive and always Ready to help if there is any connectivity
issue between the plugin and your wordpress Theme it used to be called socialpack so maybe
you hear about this plugin under the old name And the free version gives you a fast and reliable
plugin with social sharing buttons but on top of
That if you get the paid version it also gives
you the most options out of any other plugins For improving your performance on pinterest for
that you would need to upgrade to 35 dollars per Year for one site in my pinterest as your traffic
secrets course i have a video lesson specifically Covering all the settings of grow plugin that can
help your spins go viral more often on pinterest And i'll give you a link to my course in the
top right corner and also in the description Below this video the next must-have plugin is
for backups so that you can sleep well every Night without worrying that your hard work will be
lost due to some technical issue or a bad update Of the theme i recommend updraft plus it's a very
important plugin for making backups on your site It allows you doing backups on a schedule and
all your data will be backed up into a cloud Now the next plugin you must install is the best
plugin for site speed and it's called wp rocket This is a paid plugin but it's totally worth it
and again this video is not sponsored and i don't Have affiliate links to wp rocket this plugin
allows you to instantly improve your wordpress Speed and performance site speed is extremely
important and often ignored part of online success It's not only for user experience on your site but
also one of the factors in google seo algorithm so If you have a slow site you will get less traffic
and you don't have to be a tech genius to set up Wp rocket it will automatically do the catching
settings on your site plus if you dig more into It you could also enable some advanced features
like dns prefetching lazy loading images cdn Support and others wp rocket also includes a free
image optimization feature called imagefy which Will speed up your site even faster i have to
mention here there is a free alternative to this Plugin it's called wp super cache but it's not as
powerful as the paid plugin and the next plugin i Would like to recommend is called insert headers
and footers this simple plugin does exactly what The name of the plugin says it allows you to
insert code of google analytics google website Verification facebook pixel or any custom scripts
for example from your email service provider And many wordpress themes have some default
functionality that allows you to add this Code into the header or the footer of your site
but actually some of the themes don't have it So for those themes you will definitely need this
small and simple solution for your big problem So here you go this was the list of the must-have
plugins but of course depending on the objectives Of your site and on the type of your business you
might need to use additional wordpress plugins Which i didn't mention in this list you will
figure it out while working on your site over time If you like this video don't feel shy to give me
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will teach you how to start a wordpress site You can sign up for it if you check the
link in the description below this video And before you close this window here are
a few of my previous videos that you will
Find very helpful if you're just starting a
blog or website see you in the next videos